I've had it home for six months now. I removed it from its horrendously ugly cabinet and placed it atop my bookshelf in the living room. Figured I'd start refurbishing it next spring.
THEN... recently, I read on my neighborhood listserv that a neighbor had a TREADLE BASE she was giving away. While it had been the base of her grandmother's sewing machine (which she, regrettably no longer had), for the last 30 years, it served as the base of their round kitchen table. I nabbed it. Here it is: